Original planned route

"We have agreed with the leader of Tower Hamlets Council to develop a proposal creating more opportunities for the borough to be part of the games.

"The vast majority of the sporting action will take place in the Olympic Park in the heart of east London, and the brand new sporting facilities we leave behind will be transformational for east London."

When it was revealed the route would no longer finish at the stadium Rushanara Ali, Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, claimed it was because organisers were "ashamed" of the East End.